P and I Rule Book. According to the American P and I Club Rule Book, there is a clause about claims that are payable at the discretion of the Directors. Section 20 of the Rule book, titled “Ominbus” clause outlines that there may be circumstances where the Directors may choose to pay on claims that they collectively decide should be paid.
If the liability is not excluded elsewhere in any of the previous nineteen clauses, then the Directors can choose to pay a claim. This seems to be a fair way for the organization to establish that there may be unusual ...
